Last Name CREED

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Meaning	Local: Of Creed, a parish in Cornwall; also 'the son of Creed.' Creed is manifestly a personal name in the Hundred Rolls in districts far removed from Cornwall. It occures in every case without a prefix, in itself an argument in favour of a fontal origin. No doubt it means 'creed,' i.e. belief, answering to faith, so familiar as a girl's name later on.

Origin	English, Irish, South african

Rank	6,658 (2000 US census)	4,910 (1990 US census)

Count	4,679 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.42%, or 4371 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.21%, or 150 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 22 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.6%, or 28 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.11%, or 52 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.2%, or 56 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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